Divorce Decrees and Petitions in Cedar Rapids Area
Divorce decree issued for Gertrude Mitchell from Edwin R. Mitchell. Divorce petitions listed for Betty Trinka versus James A. Trinka and Kenneth G. Thompson versus Lillie Katherine Thompson. Police Court reports include John Kenney of 1002 Fifth Street SE, charged with drunken and disturbing the peace, fines $25 plus costs. Death notice for John Clarence Anderson of 502 A Avenue NE, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Trinka
James A. Trinka
Kenneth G. Thompson
Lillie Katherine Thompson
John Kenney
Fifth Street SE
John Clarence Anderson
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Local Fire Alarms And Area Birth Announcements
False alarm at National Oats plant 717 Sixteenth Street NE after a broken sprinkler head. Chimney fire at a two story frame dwelling owned by Anna McCaulley on Eighth Avenue SE. Births noted for Mercy and St Luke's area plus Cedar Rapids and Central City families with March 9 dates for daughters and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Oats Company
Sixteenth Street
Anna _ McCaulley
Eighth Avenue
Mercy
Cecil Lambert
Maquoketa
Joseph Hootman
Peter Toton
Center Point Road
Frank Hlavacek
Fifteenth Avenue
St. Luke’s
Robert F. Miller
Twenty-first “Street
Charles M. Andrew
Central City
Joe C. Melichar
Twelfth Avenue
George Sheriff
C Avenue NW
Peak $1,250 Angus bulls headline Cedar Rapids auction
The Towa Angus Breeders association spring sale at Hawkeye Downs saw two bulls hammer at $1,250 each. One bull, a calf born May 20, bought by Iowa State College, Ames, was grand champion in the state show. The second $1,250 bull, a 2-year-old from C. E. Shawver of Knoxville, went to Don Koenigam of Williamsburg. Ninety bulls, cows and heifers were slated to sell, with the first ten bulls averaging over $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Angus Breeders Association
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Ames
Otto G Nobis
Davenport
C. E. Shawver
Knoxville
Don Koenigham
Williamsburg
Harry Sanderson Dies at 82 in Springville Funeral Thursday
Special to The Gazette reports Harry Sanderson 82 died Monday at his home near Viola. Services set for Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in Viola Methodist Church with Rev. C D Boggie. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Survived by brother Ernest of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Springville
Harry Sanderson
Viola
Viola Methodist Church
C. D. Boggie
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Rapids
Sanderson
Ernest
Chicago
Price ceiling cuts tied to production cost declines
Washington AP: Price Administrator Prentiss Brown told senators he plans to reduce ceilings where unit production costs have fallen due to expanded output. He denied the policy aims to curb profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Prentiss Brown
Rat abolished 1683 By The Gazette Company JOINS MILLER
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces staff changes with publisher editor x, HOYT named managing editor and new office setup. Local news presence continues as carrier and edition details appear, including subscription and advertising notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
Gazette Company
Miller
Hoyt
Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
United Press International News Services
Fsa
Ving Gazette
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Venus
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Neware
New Center
Detroit
Media Records and &An
Ceiling On Live Hogs Is Predicted At 14 50
Washington sources say price control officials plan a live hog price ceiling near 14.50 per hundred pounds in Chicago with parity across markets. Prentiss Brown acts with Byrnes authorization. Wickard reportedly opposed this ceiling citing administration difficulty. The move aims to align with Chicago prices and does not imply immediate pork price changes. A separate corn ceiling around parity, about 1.08 a bushel in Chicago, is anticipated this week. Farm groups warned of a corn famine unless stocks are freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Prentiss Brown
James F. Byrnes
Claude Wickard
Wickard
Brown
OPA
Marvin Jones
Byrnes
Jones
May's Beauty Shop Opens City Briefs
City briefs note May's Beauty Shop opening and local ads. Community updates include temple meetings, church suppers, hospital convalescence, Masonic third degree work, and a radio theft at the Eleanor hotel reported to police. Also listed are upcoming basketball games, lost watch report, a chamber dinner, funeral travel, Marine enlistments, and a hospital condition update.
Cedar Rapids Airport Plans to Be Discussed at Lions Luncheon
A. L. Taylor executive vice president Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will discuss development plans for the new Cedar Rapids airport at a Lions Club luncheon Thursday noon at the Roosevelt hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross Home Nursing Class Starts Thursday at Coe
A new Red Cross home nursing class begins Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Coe college women’s gym with Martha Marquis circle members and the Coe faculty wives group. Mrs Irving Churchill chairs, instructor is Mrs Howard Van Winkle, and Mrs Charles E Roberts will open with a short Red Cross history. The second Wilson high school girls home nursing meeting is tonight at 6 30 at the YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Coe College Women’s
Martha Marquis
Coe
Irving Churchill
Howard van Winkle
Charles E. Roberts
Wilson High School
YWCA
47 Jap Planes Raid New Guinea Airfield
MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS reports a Japanese air raid on the Wau airdrome area in northeastern New Guinea. Forty seven planes including 26 bombers and 21 fighters attacked from 15,000 feet, causing very light damage and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
Wau
New Guinea
Salamaua
Gasmata
New Britain
Goodenough Island
Waibula
Goodenough
Tufi
Heavy American Raid on Munda
A large force of American dive bombers and torpedo planes carried out one of the heaviest attacks on Munda in recent weeks. The raid set large fires among supply dumps and anti aircraft positions at the Japanese air base in the Solomons. No American planes were lost in the five attacks. A Japanese bomber dropped bombs on Guadalcanal over the weekend but caused no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Munda
Solomons
Air Paty
Navy
Guadalcanal
Charge Boosted on Rail Flat Cars Standing Idle
The Interstate Commerce Commission raised charges for idle flat cars held over three days beyond the 48 hour free period. Rates now 11 dollars for 150 000 pound capacity cars and 15 dollars for cars above that capacity. The change aims to speed release and return of flat cars, announced by Harry Sundberg of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harry Sundberg
Cedar Rapids
Perkins Opposes Absenteeism Curbing Legislation in War Work
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins told the House Naval Affairs Committee she opposed a bill to provide absenteeism records for draft boards. She argued the cause of absenteeism lies in working conditions and urged industry and unions to fix them, suggesting fines for deliberate absences and a joint system with labor in war factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
House Naval Affairs Committee
Tax Bill Controversy on Taxpayer Liabilities and Current Status
The article discusses extending the liability element to 15 months after the tax year end. It notes House plans to advance Carlson bill aligned with Rum proposal to current all taxpayers without doubling payments. The aim is near current status for taxpayers as earnings normalize, with dissenting Republican Gearhart warning the plan enforces compulsory savings for new 1943 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Gearhart
Medill Women Hear Miss Hamblin At Symposium
Dora Jane Hamblin reporter and photographer for The Cedar Rapids Gazette will speak at a Medill School of Journalism convocation in Evanston. Hamblin, outstanding Medill graduate, participated by invitation from Dean Kenneth E. Olson to discuss opportunities for women in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
Evanston
Dora Jane Hamblin
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Hamblin
Medill
Kenneth E. Olson
USO selects L shaped building for Cedar Rapids HQ and center
The Cedar Rapids USO committee chose an L shaped building at 106 108 Second Ave and 126 First St SE as its permanent headquarters and recreational center. The space floor plan includes a large basement, many rooms ideal for a kitchen and cloakrooms, and city steam heat. Furnishings are urgently needed with volunteers to furnish and staff the center to open by next week for air force reserves and visiting service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Committee For
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
First Street
Lumir Severa
Peterson Furniture Company
City Steam
Justin W. Albright
USO
USC
E. M. Soboda, Jr
Permapaneer
Revenue Office Extends Hours to 9 P.M. This Thursday
The Internal Revenue Service office in the federal building will stay open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Monday to handle the surge of income tax filers ahead of March 15. Monday marks the deadline for returns, regardless of payment status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Internal Revenue
Federal
Ninety More Nazis Killed in Paris Street Fighting
Fighting French headquarters reported renewed Paris street battles with about 50 additional German dead in the last 24 hours bringing Nazi losses to 400. Underground sources said armed secret organizations await signals to thwart a German labor draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Germany
War Ministry
Clermot-Ferrand
Savoy
Roosevelt Shows 52 Percent Favor Fourth Term
Washington reports polls indicating Roosevelt favored for a fourth term. Fortune in 1939 showed 36.9 percent support for a third term, while an American Institute of Public Opinion poll three months ago found 52 percent backing a fourth term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Fortune Magazine
Fortune
American Institute of Public Opinion
Mr. Roosevelt
Governor Urges Civic Unity as State Faces Economic Strain
The governor cited a total of around 1.5 million dollars and noted state employees earn about 1200 dollars with a 15 percent cost of living rise. He praised the legislature for civic mindedness, urged conserving funds over excess federal spending, and urged support for troops and resistance to federal encroachment on state rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dr J T Grayston Tribute Service Held In Turner Chapel
About 350 friends and colleagues gathered Wednesday afternoon to honor Dr J T Grayston at Turner chapel. The Rev James E Waery of Iowa City officiated. Grayston a Cedar Rapids Marion physician and surgeon for 23 years died Sunday evening. The service featured scripture readings and Holmes The Physician. Attending were Cedar Rapids area doctors and Mercy and St Luke's nurses. Cremation was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Grayston
Turner Chapel
James E. Waery
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Grayston
Marion
Mr. Waery
Oliver Wendell Holmes
St. Luke's and Mercy Hospitals
Chinese Advance on Salween Front Deepens
Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters report Japanese forces retreating in confusion from the Salween river front after heavy losses. Chinese troops capture three more towns in Yunnan province, according to the communique issued Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Salween River
Yunnan
Chiang Kai-shek
Stimson Urges Efficient Wartime Plan and Training
Stimson outlines a disciplined wartime training program and a meticulously planned force build up. He cites 8,200,000 U S troops formed by months of study, joint planning with the navy, and balanced goals approved by the President. He compares Allied and Axis forces and calls for industry and agriculture to adopt a similar wartime efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
General Staff
War College
Navy
Army
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roosevelt
U.S
Germany
Italy
Japan
Deferment Requests For Radio Entertainers Issued
OWI prepared draft deferment requests for seven radio entertainers including Bergen Skelton Hope Eddy Gosden Ross Peary and Kyser but policy shifted and deferments are no longer being pressed. Bergen received a deferment and now contemplates enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Kay Kyser
OWI
Radio Division
Edgar Bergen
Red Skelton
Bob Hope
Nelson Eddy
Freeman Gosden
Amos
Amos and Andy
Lanny Ross
Harold Peary
the Great Gildersleeve
Kyser
Douglas Meservey
OWT
Bergen
J P Morgan Resting Well Despite Serious Condition
J P Morgan aged 75 a renowned banker remained in serious condition at the Gasparilla inn Boca Grande Florida after a heart attack on February 25 He was reported resting well by physician A P Burns with no change in his status Wednesday morning from the attack that struck him on arrival by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boca Grande
Fla
J. P. Morgan
Gasparilla
A. P. Burns
Morgan
U S Food Chief Blames Public for Eating Binge
New York AP report quotes Roy F. Hendrickson, chief of the food distribution administration, saying the nation has been on an eating binge and assigning blame to civilians whose appetites outpace supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New York
Roy F. Hendrickson
Food Distribution Administration
Service men and women named in wartime list
Transferred soldiers sailors and airmen from Jefferson Barracks, Fort Sill, and Great Lakes to posts across the country and overseas. Names include Robert Wessale, John Wessale, LaVern Prior, Thomas Morrison, Earl Mottinger, William Neill, John Wharton, William Barta, Ingeman Simonsen, Earl Ricke, Marvin Berg, James McGowan, Philip Yothers, Harold Gifford, Joseph Schweln, James Dunn, Warren Hansen, Charles Moeller, Richard Stalker, C. E. Crago, George Frajman, John Frajman, Louis Zobac, Paul Baker, Jack Baker, Joseph Pospishil, Quentin Dudley, John Bell, Jack Durin, David Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingeman L. Simonsen
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
Camp Scott
Farragut
Idaho
Earl E. Ricke
Gazette News Department
Africa
Philip C. Yothers
Fourth Avenue
Harold E. Gifford
Bever Avenue
Army Air Force
Southwestern Institute of Technology
Weatherford
Oklo
Joseph W. Schweln
Amarillo
Texas
Army Air Field
Second Avenue
Pfc
James Dunn
P. S. Dunn
First Avenue
Fort Crook
George A. Frajman
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
John Frajman
Oakland Avenue
John E. Frajman
Atlantic Fleet
Louis A. Zobac
Vincent Zobac
Lincoln
Neb
Burbank
Calif
Joseph M. Pospishil
Australia
George Pospishil
Ely
Corp
Quentin Dudley
L. A. Dudley
Thirteenth Avenue
John T. Bell
Gilbert Bell
Avenue
Army Air Forces
Madison
Wis
Jack Durin
Alfred Durin
Linden Drive
Navy
San Diego
David W. Perkins
Camp Carson
Colo
Wayne Perkins
the Gazette
Good Samaritan Department Aids Soldiers Listed by Police
Police added two more soldiers to the aid list on Wednesday. They took Private William E. Robinson from a troop train at Union station to Mercy Hospital after a military police report of serious illness. Melvin Vert of Madison, a medical dischargee, sought transport to the Bonsib home at 1714 Park avenue SE and was driven there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Union Station
William E. Robinson
Mercy Hospital
Robinson
Melvin Vert
Madison
Wis
Ray M. Bonsib
Park Avenue SE
Deaths John Clarence Anderson 1891 Cedar Rapids Resident
John Clarence Anderson died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 a.m. Wednesday after a brief illness. Born January 10, 1891 in Reed's Landing Minnesota, he lived in the area 30 years and worked for the Rock Island Railroad 25 years. Survived by daughter Doris J. Anderson son Ralph J. Anderson granddaughter Saundra Kay Anderson and sister Mrs. T. F. Cooke of Quebec. Services to be held at Moon chapel with time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clarence
Andy) Anderson
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Reed's Landing
Minn
American Legion
Hanford
Rock Island Railroad
Linn County
Doris J. Anderson
Ralph J. Anderson
Saundra Kay Anderson
T. F. Cooke
Quebec
Canada
Death Notice for Bob Thompson in New York Accident
Word is received of the death of Corp. Bob Thompson formerly of Cedar Rapids in a Sunday night automobile accident in New York. He is survived by his father Frank R. Thompson of St. Louis, once office manager for Cities Service. Thompson was nephew of Regina French of 312 Twelfth Street SE. Burial will be in a military cemetery in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Bob Thompson
Cedar Rapids
New York
Frank R. Thompson
St. Louis
Cities Service Company
Thompson
Regina French
Twelfth Street
Freese Rites Thursday for Lewis T. Freese
Funeral services for Lewis T. Freese will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with the Rev. Charles Bridges of Kenwood Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial is planned at Shiloh cemetery in Louisa Iowa. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis T. Freese
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Charles Bridges
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Shiloh
Louisa
Mrs. Anna Jirsa Dies at 90 in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Anna Jirsa, 90, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday. She wed for many years at 1409 Second Avenue SE. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jirsa
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue SE
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Daily Record
Abie
Mate Dae
Des Moines
Bismarck
Mane Davenport
Sioux City
Gertrude Mitchell
Edwin R. Mitchell
Richard Langguth
Palo
Arlene Eastman
Lawrence E. Stein
Sylvia M. Lawler
Angus
Femenb
Feu
Coone Ecole
City Briefs
May
Dial
Ardekan
D.O.K.K
Pythian Hall
St. James Church
Mabel Caffee
Fifth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mt. Herman Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Eleanor Hotel
Waldo Rhodes
Y.M.C.A. Collins
Quaker Oats
Delta Phi
Link-Belt Speeder
Iowa Manufacturing and
Alburnett
M. E. Feiden
C Avenue NE
Iowa Theater
Harry Boyd
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
James Spencer
Terry
Walter Elwood
D Avenue
Manawa
Josephine Duffy
Cameron Is
E. B. Cameron
Cameron
Elks Club
Lions
Taylor
Reginald Figge
A. L. Smulekoff
Roswell Pickford
N. P. Craemer
Lumir Sieteeny
Robert Camp
Revenue Office
Childs
Mma
VICKS
Robert Wessale
Frank Wessale
Sixth Street Road
Jefferson Barracks
Rockhurst College
Kansas City
John
Jefferson Barracks Hospital
Dave Kanellis
Ralph Benham
Sixth Avenue SE
LaVern Prior
O. W. Prior
1658 Memorial Drive
Army Air Corps
Thomas MJ. Morrison
Fort Jackson
S. C
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Earl Mottinger
Hunterfield
Savannah
John J. Mottinger
N Street
Quartermaster
William Gerald Neill
Navy Quartermaster's School
Portland
Ore
W. J. Neill
Sixth Street
John E. Wharton
Wharton
Fort Sill
Camp Gordon
William Barta
Frank Barta
First Avenue NW
Barta
Fort Lewis, Wash
Paul Leo Baker
Davisville
R. L
Bakers
Jack
Signal Corps
Camp Kohler
the Order
Our
Good Samaritan Department
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